Katie notes the sheer number of excellent albums that have been released recently, and plays tracks from some of them: the artists include Halfway (from Meanjin/Brisbane), Folk Bitch Trio (Narrm/Melbourne), Noah Cyrus (Nashville) and The Maes (Narrm). There’s also new music from Miss Chat favourites Great Aunt, a wonderful bluegrass-style cover of an Australian classic, and more. Here is the playlist:

The Little Things – Great Aunt
Lost By Design – Halfway
Mess in Your Eyes – Ella Ion
Sounds of Then (This Is Australia) – Angus Gill ft. Mark Callaghan
Soften – Isabel Rumble
Moth Song – Folk Bitch Trio
Man in the Field – Noah Cyrus
She Explains Things to Me – David Byrne & Ghost Town Orchestra
Enough – The Maes

Above: Halfway’s The Styx album art by The Short Answer